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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Club  \Club\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Clubbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Clubbing}.] 
  1.  To  beat  with  a  club. 
 
  2.  (Mil.)  To  throw,  or  allow  to  fall,  into  confusion. 
 
  To  club  a  battalion  implies  a  temporary  inability  in 
  the  commanding  officer  to  restore  any  given  body  of 
  men  to  their  natural  front  in  line  or  column. 
  --Farrow. 
 
  3.  To  unite,  or  contribute,  for  the  accomplishment  of  a 
  common  end  as  to  club  exertions. 
 
  4.  To  raise,  or  defray,  by  a  proportional  assesment;  as  to 
  club  the  expense. 
 
  {To  club  a  musket}  (Mil.),  to  turn  the  breach  uppermost,  so 
  as  to  use  it  as  a  club. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  clubbing 
  n  :  a  condition  in  which  the  ends  of  toes  and  fingers  become 
  wide  and  thick;  a  symptom  of  heart  or  lung  disease 




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